UK has ‘shredded’ its reputation with Brexit – David Miliband
"The truth is geography still matters", he said.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
"The truth is geography still matters", he said.
"Bit by bit, reality is succeeding where rhetoric failed", the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland said.
Low growth, high inflation, soaring business costs and squeezed productivity cushioned by.... cheese.
Chris Hopkins, from the polling company Savanta, said it could be that many overestimated the potential benefits of Brexit.
"The ultimate metaphor for Brexit: a soul-sapping, boring, regressive waste of everyone’s time while the rest of the world overtakes us," Sarah Murphy said.
An LBC caller said the former PM "jumped on the populist bandwagon and then didn't know what to do when a slight majority voted to leave".
“It’s very difficult to sell the idea that the policy has been economically successful when the economy is going down the tubes", Prof John Curtice said.
The Department of International Trade have argued that it "isn't appropriate".
Last year, UK car production hit its lowest level since 1956 because of skills shortages and supply chain issues.
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